An Across-the-boArd trAde And investment deAl signed with ChinA’s YunnAn province on FridAy wAs A jump-stArt to Chinese President Hu JintAo’s pledge A week eArlier to double bilAterAl trAde with the Kingdom to US$5 billion by 2017. The pAckAge signing, which brought A delegAtion of 45 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-quick-to-Act-on-trAde-promise/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Preah Vihear provincial authority and other relevant parties issued a statement on Wednesday that contained five points aimed to end a land dispute between 330 families and private company Metrei Pheap. This follows the submission of a petition requesting Prime Minister Hun Sen to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-row-villagers-see-hope/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) said on Tuesday that 48 families have been made homeless after a fire swept through their homes in Phnom Penh on Sunday afternoon. No one was injured in the blaze, which happened in the Sambok Chab area of Meanchey district’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fire-leaves-48-families-homeless/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s ranking in the latest global energy sustainability survey has improved dramatically, indicating that the Kingdom’s efforts to solve its energy woes and providing an adequate power supply are making headway. This also means that Cambodia, which suffered a crippling power problem a few months ago, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-jumps-12-spots-in-global-energy-sustainability-survey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Saturday’s announcement of the sale of The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia’s oldest and most respected newspaper, came as no surprise to many who had been following recent events in the country. Rumors had circulated for months about the fate of the country’s last independent English-language <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-start-or-sad-end-for-cambodias-last-free-newspaper/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government yesterday ordered two NGOs to retract a critical report on the negative impacts of microloans after summoning their representatives for a meeting to defend their research. The report, published last month by Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut, featured seven case studies of abuse chosen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-ordered-to-retract-mfi-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) are to deliver the verdict on Friday, in the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, in a pronouncement hailed as a “historic event for Cambodia and the world”. The verdict from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/historic-khmer-rouge-tribunal-case-002-2-verdict-to-be-delivered/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Health Ministry yesterday said that the number of people contracting dengue fever continues to decrease across the Kingdom in the wake of a spike. The ministry noted that about 2,400 new cases were found across the Kingdom this month since a spike in July. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-records-decrease-in-dengue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Investigators from South Korea’s state-run deposit insurer have announced their largest overseas illegal assets haul ever after they tracked down and recovered large land holdings owned by a Korean fraudster near Phnom Penh.The haul, worth some $8 million, sheds light on the use of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korean-government-recovers-8m-of-illegal-assets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

One month after the government announced a crackdown on unregistered mobile phone lines, retailers are still selling SIM cards without the required identification documents, and the major telecom companies have done little to curtail the practice.​ In a joint press conference on September 22, officials <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sim-card-registration-drive-stalling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After Almost 15 yeArs working At vArious economic-relAted Agencies, primArily the ministry of economy And finAnce, H.E. HAng Chuon NAron hAs been At the forefront of trAnsforming CAmbodiA’s broken economy into one thAt is more open And competitive. Since 2013 he hAs been minister of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/top-of-the-clAss-the-minister-who-rebuilds-systems/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As A fickle rAiny seAson thAt hAs seen AreAs of the country plAgued by drought drAws to A close, CAmbodiA’s rice production remAins neArly on tArget, though food insecurity is still A problem for individuAl communities, According to the World Food ProgrAmme.The seAson’s slow stArt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/difficult-rAiny-seAson-ends/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Starting on april 1, the Electricity authority of Cambodia (EaC) will continue to bring down the cost of electricity for households and enterprises in Phnom Penh and a number of provinces, according to a recent announcement by the agency. In a statement released earlier this month <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-electricity-bill-cuts-planned-to-start-in-april/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Because of improved working conditions in garment and footwear factories across the Kingdom, the government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue implementing the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program for three more years. During a celebration commemorating the 15th anniversary of BFC, Labor Minister <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-labor-body-cement-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Malaysia-based GO Communications Group has acquired 100 percent of a public relations agency in Cambodia as a part of its ambitious plan to control a leading PR network in Southeast asia, chief executive officer Michael De Kretser said In terms of foreign direct investment in Cambodia, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/go-communications-buys-out-cambodian-agency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Electricity Vietnam International (EVNI), a subsidiary of Vietnam’s state-owned electricity giant EVN, is no longer involved in the Lower Sesan 2 dam, a Vietnamese Embassy official confirmed yesterday. Cambodian conglomerate Royal Group and China’s Hydrolancang International Energy Co. Ltd. on Monday signed an agreement in Phnom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/electricity-vietnam-no-longer-involved-in-lower-sesan-2-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A ThAi seAfood fActory supplying retAil giAnt WAlmArt is continuing to violAte its lAbor ArrAngements with hundreds of CAmbodiAn workers there And could leAve up to 100 of them strAnded And jobless by next week, the CAmbodiAn LegAl EducAtion Center (CLEC) sAid in A new <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAns-fAce-Abuse-At-seAfood-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s Power Partner Profit Group has signed 10 memoranda of understanding with Chinese companies for cooperation on agriculture, mineral resources and electronics. Insiders said the penning of the MoUs, which do not guarantee a final agreement, was another step toward realising a US$5 billion bilateral trade <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mous-to-tighten-chinese-trade-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Slumping garment exports led yesterday to an official downgrade for Cambodian’s growth outlook this year &ndash; albeit a slight one. Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon projected 6.9 per cent year-on-year gross domestic product growth for 2012, down a tenth of a percentage point from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-gdp-is-revised/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Anti-eviction protesters set up cAmp in front of the U.S. EmbAssy in Phnom Penh for A second dAy yesterdAy, but ended their protest in the eArly evening when A petition to U.S. President BArAck ObAmA wAs tAken into the diplomAtic mission by An embAssy guArd. “The <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Anti-eviction-protesters-cAmp-At-us-embAssy-for-second-dAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>